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The Big Four (the eastern teams in Canada) started keeping stats in 1954, but I'm pretty sure Montreal kept its own in 1953. Have any of you CFL aficionados come across those records for the Alouettes?

The one who jumps out at me is Randy White, who finished in the top three of the voting six times without ever winning. It just seems odd.

Lilly and Pugh ... combined for 119.5 sacks between 1966-1971 Randle and Thomas ... combined for 77 sacks between 1991 -1994 So Lilly and Pugh combined for 20 per season, and Randle and Thomas combined for 19 per season (and in a 16-game season too). Karras and Brown are still comfortably in front,...

From 1960-66 Alex Karras and Roger Brown were the Lions' starters at defensive tackle in every game, except for the 1963 season, when Karras was suspended. And in 1960 Brown was a rookie and had only a couple of sacks, so let's just stick with 1961-62 and 1964-66. That's five seasons when they playe...

The 1958 Lions were 4-7-1, and the 59 Lions were 3-8-1. They didn't contend again until 1960, when they finished a game behind the 8-4 Pack in the West. And even in 1960, they were 4-5 after nine games with the woeful Jim Ninowski (2 TD passes, 18 interceptions) starting. Then he got hurt, or at le...

Ah, that's a good group. Not surprisingly, I had no idea about them. If they'd been playing in the 1950s or '60s, though, then I might have thought of them.

I think I had the 1935 Detroit Lions the lowest ranked team of this era. They went 7-3-2 with a loss to a not very good Brooklyn Dodgers team early in the season, two ties with the Chicago teams the Cardinals and Bears. The big deal was that they played Green Bay 3 times and went 1-2 in those. Gree...

However, if we’re talking of that watered-down time, what do you think of Curly’s last championship team a year earlier? Possibly ’43 Bears? Both those seasons more in the ‘thick’ of the War. Eyebrows at least raised to the ’45 Rams with what you said but still for now, at least, the two ‘sneakers’...

From 1992-94 the ranks of active NFL quarterbacks featured these University of Maryland alumni: Boomer Esiason, with the Bengals in 1992 and then the Jets for 1993-94 Neil O'Donnell, with the Steelers that whole time Frank Reich, with the Bills Scott Zolak, with the Patriots Stan Gelbaugh, with Seat...

I might say the Rams in 1945. They did go 9-1 (I think), but the war had just ended and I think things were still a bit unsettled in the NFL. Waterfield was just a rookie, though a really good one; and they didn't contend for the division title in 1946, '47 or '48. Also, in the championship game, th...